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Tiger Lilies in the Morning Garden
Tiger Lilies in the Morning Garden
MaryO


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Challenge: Zen Photography II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Jun 19, 2009
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 19, 2009

 Pulled a previous entry for not being sufficiently "silent." But I was determined to find something natural that I see every day and do as little as possible to it, since my understanding of Zen is that (among other things) one is supposed to learn to live in the moment and appreciate things for exactly what they are, as they are.

So this was shot outside in my garden with morning light. Underexposed a little to darken the background. These are wild tiger lilies that I got from a neighbor and planted ... and have been splitting up and moving around the yard for years since. I have lots of them now. Hardy things, native plants!

I did pull a couple of spent flowers off these clusters (and felt guilty for doing it!). But I liked the compositional options better without the droopy bits.

Almost wish this were Minimal editing; that would be very Zen-like IMO ;-) I tried not to mess with this much, in that spirit.

PP - converted from RAW, color balance adjustment and increased saturation on red-yellow, resized, sharpened flowers, added border, blurred jaggy stem, cloned out a spot.

Statistics
Place: 47 out of 146
Avg (all users): 5.8148
Avg (commenters): 7.1667
Avg (participants): 5.5862
Avg (non-participants): 5.9870
Views since voting: 1023
Views during voting: 256
Votes: 135
Comments: 8
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 06/29/2009 09:33:04 AM
So underrated. Got an 8 from me, Mary. I thought the line and focus were gorgeous and VERY ZEN. The simplicity speaks volumes.
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Olympus E-10
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 06/29/2009 01:08:30 AM
I like your saturated colour of these magnificent ditch flowers.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III
 06/26/2009 06:37:49 PM
Lovely capture.
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Nikon D90
Quantaray AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Nikon
 06/23/2009 12:10:16 PM
Really like the geometry of the the stems and how the flowers are presented. Lighting is nice and soft. Good job.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 06/22/2009 10:08:52 PM
Gorgeous capture of the magnificent tiger lily.
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 06/22/2009 08:51:15 PM
Exquisite composition, light, and clarity. An absolute delight in every way.....10...I am in awe. Truly.
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Nikon D810
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 06/22/2009 08:26:48 AM
Very pretty, great detail and composition.
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 06/22/2009 12:21:22 AM
Beautiful.
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